Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: July 18, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Saint Laurent Paris to Open Freestanding Toronto Store
It will be the second freestanding Canadian location for the French luxury brand, following the opening of its first store last week.
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Top Stories - National:
-Lee Valley Tools founder Leonard Lee treated customers as friends [Globe & Mail] and Leonard Lee, Founder of Lee Valley Tools, was the ultimate craftsman [Toronto Star]
-Canadian retailers rethink employee commissions with growth of online sales [CBC]
-Walmart to stop accepting Visa in Thunder Bay, Ont., stores starting Monday (national rollout in phases) [CBC]
-Management team appointed for the expansion of HBC Europe into Netherlands [EPR Retail News]
-MappedIn has blueprint for growth (indoor mapping, used in some malls) [Waterloo Record]
-Flipp CEO on the personalized future of coupons [Canadian Grocer]
-Shopify CEO Doesn't Think Retailers Can Take On Amazon [PYMNTS.com]
-Why is Canada killing its fashion industry? [Huffington Post]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Customers line up at dawn for Honest Ed's goodbye party [Toronto: CBC]
-Quebec Order of Pharmacists issues cautionary statement over theft [CBC]
-TD bank, restaurant to join MEC in revamped Kitchener retail complex [Waterloo Record]
-Delivery service caters to Costco lovers in downtown Toronto [Canadian Grocer]
-Nova Scotia resists engaging New Brunswick in beer price war [CBC]
-Millions of comics for sale in new downtown Orillia store [Orillia News]
-What’s on the menu at Chocolates X Brandon Olsen, a colourful new sweet shop in Brockton Village [Toronto Life]
-Visiting Brika on Queen Street East in Toronto [BlogTO]
-Kawartha Dairy declared most mind-blowing ice cream in Canada in Buzzfeed Canada list [Peterborough Examiner]
-Westcliffe Mall closed Friday as a result of a water main break [Hamilton Spectator]
-LCBO worker who posted security image of feminist online ‘no longer an employee’ [CityNews]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Calgary sword store loses thousands of dollars in merchandise after weekend theft [Calgary Herald]
-Canadian Retail Executives Tour Pembina Valley Stores (from Home Hardware) [PembinaValleyOnline.com]
-Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd. Announces July Cash Dividend (based in Alberta) [EIN News]
-Editorial: Beer markup is sobering news [Calgary Herald]
-Pot shop owner says he will sell marijuana without prescriptions [Vancouver: CBC]
-Youth charged with robbing 3 Cold Lake liquor stores in 20 minutes [CBC]
-Coming soon to store near you: pot [Winnipeg Free Press]
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